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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
2
Edward C. Wayne reports on renewed fighting as Greece enters a second phase of hostilities. In Romania a catastrophic earthquake claims about 2,000 lives, prompting relief efforts. Rumors swirl of cabinet reshuffles while British air raids strike targets in the Italian fleet.
The piece links Greece’s defense against Mussolini’s Italian forces with bombings in London and Berlin as World War II widens. It notes Greek counterattacks on northern and central fronts and a claimed Italian defeat. bombings disrupt Hitler and Molotov talks, while famine and disease fears rise across Europe amid rationing and air raid shelters.
British losses of freighters threaten overseas supplies as neutral tallies show 3.4 million tons sunk from 30 million. Churchill warns of heavier attacks next spring and seeks Irish bases, rejected by De Valera. Jervis Bay sacrifices itself delaying a larger German convoy, Captain Fogarty Fegen dies. Taranto attack claims crippled Italian battleships and cruisers. Roosevelt faces cabinet change rumors with Harold Ickes resigning and Stimson possibly leaving. La Guardia named potential successor.
Kent a 29 year old clerk at the American Embassy in London was convicted of an offense under the Officials Secrets act. A Princeton and George Washington graduate he had previously served at the U S embassy in Moscow pending trial for Anna Wolkoff daughter of a czarist admiral who testified. Neville Chamberlain the appeasement prime minister died aged 71 in Hampshire as German bombs roared over his home.
Mme An nette Clemenceau daughter in law of Georges Clemenceau known as The Tiger is photographed on her arrival in New York aboard the S S Exeter. The Exeter carried many American and European refugees and the ship’s officers report two shots fired across her stern by a British patrol boat one hour out of Lisbon.
Congress acts briefly with prayers and speeches, while few members attend. Ramspeck merit-system extension lags as the House resists conference changes. Morgenthau warns debt ceiling must rise for defense spending. tax requests expected next January.
A two to one vote signals strong interest in making Hawaii the forty-ninth state. The plebiscite reflects long standing agitation since annexation and a territorial petition to Congress is expected, followed by constitution drafting and congressional approval steps.
The Priorities board announced a 50 50 split of American aircraft production with Britain to June 1942 and other munition supplies. Roosevelt approved London receiving about half of US made planes and a total British order worth $2 billion. Deliveries will be staggered.
The article argues Vice President Wallace will act as a liaison between the White House and Congress, and as ambassador to Latin America, while shaping postwar economic shifts. It notes prior VPs were mainly figureheads and highlights new efficiency in defense procurement and FBI agent production under Hoover.
General Hugh S. Johnson warns that war inflation, driven by government spending and deficit, threatens the poor by eroding wages and purchasing power. He argues for presidential price controls and defense priorities, and defends maintaining a two party system againstWillkie’s cabinet move.
A collage of 1940s gossip and politics outlines Baron Oppenheim unable to reenter the U S from Mexico without a visa, alongside notes on Ben Hecht payment, Frances Farmer, D Flamm, Ursula Parrott, and John Wildberg. It covers radio magnates, FDR plans, a Canadian court exoneration, Romania turmoil, and reflections on American unity and the Unknown Soldier.
Orson Welles dines with Kathryn Trooper while Lavender Lovers flock to Charley’s Aunt. Four thousand reserve officers to be called in New York between November and December. Jack Dempsey is angered by Gene Tunney’s political speeches about his war record and oath to punch him on sight. Ambassador Bullitt’s hinted romance with a Washington woman who married another. Myrna Loy and A Hornblow Jr. reportedly near engagement. Betty Allen offers quick sketches of Goebbels and Hitler as Peewee and Peeyew.
A Central American mining company finding diamonds on its lands predicts lower diamond prices in 1942. The report ties diamond abundance to wartime mining activity and hints at broader economic shifts in precious stones.
The passage mentions the Cuban consul general's son and Charlotte Van Duyn, a Dutch rhumba dancer, in a pan American alliance context. It hints at forthcoming Herald Trib expose naming prominent figures and big American guns. It notes heavy advertising by Times and $80,000 in political ads during the campaign and calls for a clean sweep of subversive outfits including a term for communists.
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